Utensil holder



Patented June 21, 1932 UNITED STATES DE WITT M. BnoWNsoN, or sxaacusn,NEW Yom: y

U'rnNsrL 'nomina Application filed January 16; 1931. Serial No. 509,173.

This invention relates to a kitchen utensil holder, and has for itsobject to provide a novel and simple bracket, arranged to be mountedhorizontally on a kitchen wall ad- 5 jacent the stove or range, andbeneath which may be hung knives, forks, spoons, ladles, and like tools,that are used daily in connection with culinary work. A further objectis to provide a bracketof this class l which is arranged to be readilyand quickly attached to, and removed from a wall, without requiringhandling or disturbing any of the fastening means. A further object isto provide a rotatable disc-like member,y which l is mounted on theunderside of the extended bracket, said member having its peripheryformed with radial notches or kerfs, to receive similar hangers, such ashooks or nails, that may be driven into the free ends of the handles ofthe utensils, in order that the latter may depend in circular formationfrom the disc, and may be readily and quickly selected and detached bysimply rotating the disc and manipulating the utensils until they becomefree.

I attain these ob] ects by the means set forth in the detaileddescription which follows, and as illustrated by the accompanyingdrawing, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of the complete devicemounted upon a wall and supporting a number of utensils. Fig. 2 is acentral vertical longitudinal section, taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 3. Fig.3 is a bottom plan view of the device shown in Figures 1 and 2. Fig. 4is a reduced front end elevation of the bracket. Fig. 5 is a reducedrear end elevation of the same. Fig. 6 is an enlarged fragmentarypartial elevation and partial section, the latter being takensubstantially on line 2-2 of Fig. 4:. And Fig. 7 is a similarfragmentary view, showing a modified disc and individual utensilsupport.

According to the drawing, the holder comprises a bracket or head 2,having a squarecut end 2 adapted to abut a wall, as A, the said endbeing recessed, as at 2a, and being overlaid by an oblong plate,preferably of metal, as 3, which is secured to the head by fasteners 3.The plate 3 is formed with vertical slots .or openings, as 3a, thatcoincide lwith the recesses 2a and enable the plate to be detachablyinterlocked with screws, studs, or other suitable catches, as a, whichmay be applied permanently to the wall. The plate v3 is preferablydisposed at a slight angle relu atively to the plane of the wall, asbest shown 1n Fig. 2, for the purpose of effecting a wedg- .ing of theparts as the holder is forced downwardly the extent of the slots 3a. Bythis '60 arrangement, the bracket may be drawn and Yheld rigidly atright angles to the wall. Obviously, the bracket 2 and plate 3 may becast -orf formed as one part.

The several utensils, as B., shown in Fig. l, 65 are preferablysuspended from the free-end portieri of bracket 2, by means of adisc-like member 4, which. is perforated centrally to receive 'a screwor other pivot means, as 5, by

which the disc is permanently secured to lthe 21,0 bracket 2, the saidscrew preferably having a;relatively broad head 5', to prevent tiltingor `vvobbling Vof the disc relatively to the bracket. The disc 4 ispreferably spun or stamped with an annular upwardly facing a5 trough orgroove as 4', which is located just inside of its periphery, and thelatter is also preferably formed with radial notches or kerfs, as 4a,which extend to the center of the trough 4 and receive the stems ofhanggo ers, as 6, which may be driven axially into the free ends of thehandles of the utensils B, the said hangers being preferably formed withheads 6 that nest in the trough 4L', as shown in Figs. l and 6. By thisarrange- 535 ment, the utensils B are held suspended and secure fromaccidental release, by gravity, and when wanted for any purpose, may bereadily and bodily detached from the disc by a slight upward and outwardmovement of the utensils. The disc l being freely rotatable enables theuser to readily bring a selected utensil into convenient position fordetachment from the holder.

In Fig. 7 is shown a modication, which consists of forming the undersideof bracket 7 with a circular recess 7 in which may be rotatably disposeda plane disc 8, the disc being fitted with depending hooks 8', thatloomay be engaged by loop hangers, as 9, carried by the utensils B.

I-Iaving thus described my invention, what I claim, is 5 l. A holder forkitchen utensils comprising a substantially horizontal bracket having anend adapted to abut a supporting surface, said end being formed with anelongated inclined recess extending throughout substantially the lengththereof and providing a correspondingly inclined wall, and said wall ofsaid recess being provided with spaced recesses disposed at right anglesto the elongated recess, and a plate in said elongated recess secured tosaid wall thereof and having downwardly opening slots alined with theright angular recesses to receive similar fasteners which may bepermanently secured to the supporting surface, said plate beingangularly disposed in the elongated recess so `as to exert a wedgingaction with the fasteners to draw the bracket tightly against thesupporting surface.

2. A holder for kitchen utensils comprising a substantially horizontalbracket having an end adapted to abut a supporting surface 'and having apair of spaced recesses extending at right angles to said end, and aninclined plate secured to said end and having i downwardly opening slotsalined with said recesses adapted to receive similar fasteners which maybe secured to the supporting surface, said plate and said fastenersbeing Y formed to exert a Wedging action to draw the bracket tightlyagainst the supporting surface. Y

In testimony whereof I aflix mysignatu'r'e.

DE WITT M, BROWNSON.

